M1.5 earthquake Central Alaska
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck in Central Alaska on Tue, May 13, 1997, 12:38 PM AKDT (20:38 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 60 km N of Petersville, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1997-05-13 20:38:09 UTC
- Depth
- 8.2 km (5.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 63.551° N, 150.736° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 114 in the 60 days after this one and 62 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.860 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 10736 days ago · 90 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.238 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 10735 days ago · 94 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.244 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10734 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.943 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10734 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.535 km SSW of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10734 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.542 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10733 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.239 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10733 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.841 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10732 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.535 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10732 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.763 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 10730 days ago · 118 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.15 km N of Healy, Alaska · 10729 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.451 km S of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10729 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.531 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 10728 days ago · 124 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.121 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10728 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.836 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10727 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.520 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10727 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.539 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10727 days ago · 86 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.627 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10725 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.041 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10725 days ago · 19 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.744 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10725 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.843 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10725 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.168 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10724 days ago · 130 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.0Central Alaska · 10723 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.644 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 10723 days ago · 107 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.742 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10722 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.732 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10722 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.845 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 10721 days ago · 136 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.319 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10720 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.563 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 10718 days ago · 110 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.147 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10718 days ago · 81 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.011 km N of Cantwell, Alaska · 10718 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.660 km N of Petersville, Alaska · 10718 days ago · 106 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.043 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10717 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.931 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10717 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.812 km N of Cantwell, Alaska · 10716 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.646 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 10716 days ago · 86 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.138 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10716 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.40 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10715 days ago · 88 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.139 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 10715 days ago · 104 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.453 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska · 10715 days ago · 99 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.435 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 10714 days ago · 138 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.841 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10714 days ago · 16 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.949 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10714 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.553 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10713 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.646 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10712 days ago · 11 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.039 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10712 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.938 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10711 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.949 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 10709 days ago · 24 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.242 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10709 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.137 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10709 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.00 km NNE of Cantwell, Alaska · 10707 days ago · 95 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.056 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 10707 days ago · 129 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.642 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10707 days ago · -1 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.962 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10706 days ago · 130 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.639 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10706 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.8Central Alaska · 10702 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.456 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 10702 days ago · 125 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.644 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10702 days ago · 12 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.318 km WSW of Healy, Alaska · 10701 days ago · 116 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.718 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10701 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
The first 60 of 114.
Before
- 2.575 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10736 days ago · 114 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.354 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10738 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.653 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 10738 days ago · 72 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.929 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10741 days ago · 85 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.858 km NNE of Chase, Alaska · 10742 days ago · 84 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.741 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10742 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.769 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10742 days ago · 125 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.743 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10742 days ago · 97 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.036 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10743 days ago · 91 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.754 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska · 10743 days ago · 113 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.949 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10744 days ago · 16 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.941 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10744 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.743 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10744 days ago · 11 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.044 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10744 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.242 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10745 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.942 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10745 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.342 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10745 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.142 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10745 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.433 km SSE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 10745 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.242 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 10745 days ago · 98 km deep · 60 km away
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